Overton faces FDA confirmation hearing
The gist
Heidi Overton, Trump's FDA commissioner pick, faces a Senate confirmation hearing on September 24.
Her vaccine and abortion-pill stances will shape a staff-depleted agency.
How it unfolded
- Aug 2026Trump nominated Heidi Overton, a White House policy aide, to lead the FDA. She also stood alongside Trump at a White House event where he signed an executive order seeking to cut back the childhood vaccination schedule and split the MMR vaccine into three shots.
- Sep 17, 2026The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee said it would hold Overton's confirmation hearing on September 24.
- Sep 24, 2026Overton is scheduled to testify before the Senate HELP Committee at 10:30 a.m. EDT. The committee is also scheduled to vote on Nicole Saphier, a radiologist and former Fox News contributor, for surgeon general.